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The Great Firewall of China Faces Challenge During Olympics

To make a very quick correction: China does not have a 3G network (yet), and Japan was dragged into the 3G game. The two nations with mobile networks separate from GSM (the very old, very slow 3G predecessor) are Japan and the United States. Supposedly China is going to make their own standard, despite every other country giving up on their own standards.

On a more related note, the way the Internet infrastructure is being set up in China is very “convoluted” (I don’t know any better words to describe it). There are two rival ISPs who tamper with their competitor’s Internet traffic to convince people to switch over to them. With the exception of Hong Kong, the bandwidth capacity in and out of China is on par with a small city.

I cannot recommend anything to consider investing in at this moment, but if anybody decides to expand China’s bandwidth it would have to be a company in Australia, Japan, or the United States, since those countries run the pipes coming in and out of China.

Baidu: A Train Heading for Derailment?

Actually, I find the comparison of Baidu to the U.S. airlines to be incredibly fair: they’re both supported by, funded by, invested in, and regulated by the Chinese and U.S. governments, respectively.

The Chinese government props up Baidu; the U.S. government props up Delta.

A Bull In China: Jim Rogers' Latest Book on China's Growing Importance

Jim Rogers' book gives you a look into China from a penthouse suite in Hong Kong and offers you quick money, freshly printed from the government-controlled Chinese money presses. There's a reason why this hypocrite moved to Singapore instead.